Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends -- Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind when Begbie shows up at his front door on the lam, and a scheming Sick Boy follows.
Country:
United Kingdom
Year:
1996
Tags:
anti herosurrealismdrugslondon, englandfriendshipbased on novel or bookscotlandhallucinationdrug dealerdark comedyheroindrug addictionjunkiedrug dealingnightclubcold turkeyedinburgh, scotlandmodern societystealingdrug rehabilitationschoolgirlrecovering addictillegal drugssocial realismdrug culture
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